Category: KCCK Blog

Special Programs April 1 thru April 7

Jazz Corner of the World Encore with host Craig Kessler Mondays at 6:00pm The Brilliance of Bobby Timmons Craig spins some fine examples of pianist Bobby Timmon’s work on Riverside Records, Prestige Records, and as a member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers.             The Wednesday Night Special Wednesdays at 6:00pm …

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This Week In Jazz March 30 thru February April 6

Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Alberta Hunter, Doris Day and Jill Scott, saxmen Harry Carney, Boomie Richman, Stanley Turrentine and Gary Smulyan, pianists Duke Jordan, drummers Stan Levey and Jake Hanna, bassists Scott LaFaro and Chuck Deardorf and more. We’ll also mark the …

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New Music Monday for April 1, 2024

  Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyUnsettled by the state of the world in 2020, Charles Lloyd began conceiving of a musical offering in the form of a new studio recording featuring a new band, a quartet that would be a first-time convening of four distinctive voices with the legendary saxophonist joined by pianist Jason …

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This Week In Jazz March 24 thru March 30

Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Ben Webster, James Moody, Michael Brecker, and Lew Tabackin, bandleaders Paul Whiteman and Matt Catingub, bassists Ike Isaacs, Larry Gales and Paul Jackson, drummer Paul Motian and Steve Fidyk, singers Sarah Vaughan, Astrud Gilberto, Stacey Kent and Ledisi …

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106.9 Is Back On The Air

After being off since October 2023, we flipped the switch on a new 106.9 translator on March 20. Our Johnson County transmitter lost its location when Kirkwood sold its Iowa City campus building and the tower where we resided was torn down. This transition came at an interesting time. The location of the translator had …

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Special Programs March 25 thru March 31

Jazz Corner of the World Encore with host Craig Kessler Mondays at 6:00pm Mellow Trane on Prestige Craig begins his celebration of the 75th anniversary of Prestige Records with spins from a number of mellow John Coltrane classics from the legendary label.               The Wednesday Night Special Wednesdays at …

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New Music Monday for March 25, 2024

Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyCalled “New York’s premiere hard-bop supergroup” by Jazz Times, One for All has evolved over the course of its quarter century history from a sextet of young torchbearers to an assemblage of the music’s most revered traditionalists.  For its first release in seven years and 17th overall, “Big George,” the …

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This Week In Jazz March 17 thru February March 23

Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Curly Russell, Harry Babasin and Jerry Jemmott, singers Nat King Cole, Bill Henderson and Queen Latifah, pianists Marian McPartland, Sir Charles Thompson, Harold Mabern, guitarists George Benson and Bill Frisell and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries …

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